In the forests of the Rocky Mountains, the lynx and the snowshoe hares have population cycles that are dependent on each other. The lynx have a diet consisting primarily on snowshoe hares. When the lynx population is low, the hare population increases because there is less lynx to feed on them. As the birth rate of the hares rise, the lynx have more food availability, which in turn causes their population to rise. When this happens, the hare population decreases because of the large amount of predators. This depletes the hare population which then makes the lynx population decrease due to the absence of food. This a continuous cycle over time. (MountainNature.com).
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